Noon update. The gull in question is being seen resting on to of a large blue industrial building with a green train parked in front. At 11:20 am it flew out and foraged with a group of gulls and cormorants offshore. It returned to the building at 11:40 am and was there resting up until 12 noon when it flew back out offshore. It has not be refound at the time of this email. Others have arrived to confirm the ID. It will be necessary to study the head/bill features. Notes: Adult basic Black-tailed Gull shows a smudgy/dusky brown nape and light brown "collar." A pale yellow eye with brighter white eye crescents. The bill is longish and slender with a black ring and red tip. There is extremely limited white in the primaries, restricted to only small white tips to the primaries. These characters have not yet been described in extreme detail on the bird in question, but all other marks point solidly to Black-tailed Gull. Look for more updates.
JB
Jen Brumfield
Cleveland, OH
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On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:37 AM, JB <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> CORRECTION: Lake Shore Park is on the east side of Ashtabula Harbor and on the west side of Ashtabula Power Plant. Spoke with Craig again about the gull. It has a full, solid black tail band with a clean white trailing edge. Third winter Lesser BB Gulls typically show black spots, in a line, on the tail. He also notes a broad white trailing edge to the wing. Many folks are headed that way to confirm.
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> DIRECTIONS: Take 90 east out of Cleveland towards Conneaut. Take exit 228 for route 11 north. Follow signs for route 11 north. After 6 miles you will deadend at east 6th street/route 531. Turn right onto east 6th and it will turn into route 531. Soon after the park will be on your left. Craig is on the west end of the park where it gives height to look over Ashtabula harbor.
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> On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:10 AM, JB <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Craig holt just called to report a very, very possible adult BLACK-TAILED GULL at Lakeshore Park on the immediate east side of Ashtabula Power Plant. He is currently looking at the bird now (11 am) as it's resting on a building. He describes the bird as being not much larger than Ring-billed, with a Lesser Black-back-like dark mantle, a full black tail band, some light streaking on the back of the head, a slim yellow bill with red and black tip, pale yellow legs.
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>> JB
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>> Jen Brumfield
>> Cleveland, OH
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